From the recording Buddha In The Garden

<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">a meditation</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">on one who meditates</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;"><strong><em>&copy; Steven E. Cutts, 2017</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">a Studio C recording, <strong>summer 2017</strong></span></p>

Lyrics

<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">The Buddha in my garden sits wholly unperturbed</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Unruffled by whatever whirls his way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">His fingers never fidget; his breath is not disturbed;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">There&rsquo;s a faint but knowing smile throughout the day.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">He is not frightened by the night &ndash;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">not startled by a flash of lightning.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Scampering squirrels and darting birds</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">don&rsquo;t undermine his calm reserve.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Content that what will be will be,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Amazed by nothing,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">The Buddha sits.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">If only I could find in me&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a bit of his serenity;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">If only I could brush aside&nbsp;&nbsp; half of what the Buddha takes in stride.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">The Buddha in the garden knows nothing of the news,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Knows nothing of the discord and the noise.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Politicians bluster; they promise and accuse.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Despite it all, the Buddha keeps his poise.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Do not think his heart is hard;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">There&rsquo;s much we all could disregard.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">He knows that he cannot control</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">The dissonance that comes and goes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Content that what will be will be,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">Amazed by nothing,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">The Buddha sits.</span></p>